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Managing Director of Haque Group Adam Tamizi Haque was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Thursday afternoon following a bail order issued by the High Court in a Cyber Security Act (CSA) case.
Tamizi Haque's lawyer Barrister Shakir Uddin Ahmed Bappy informed the FE that his client has been released from prison as there are no other cases against him.
Earlier this year, on April 2, a High Court bench granted bail to Adam Tamizi Haque in the case filed under the Cyber Security Act. The bench of Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman passed the order after hearing on a bail petition.
Barrister Shakir Uddin Ahmed Bappy informed the media about his bail upon the publication of the written order by the High Court on Thursday.
The case was filed on November 15 in 2023 against Tamizi with Dakkhinkhan Police Station in the city under the Cyber Security Act (CSA) for making derogatory remarks about the Prime Minister and the country on social media.
He was arrested from his Gulshan residence on December 10 last year and taken to a rehab centre for mental health examination the following day under DB custody.
Earlier on December 9, 2023, Tamizi was taken to the DB office for questioning in connection with a number of cases filed against him.
On 17 November, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided his house. During the operation, Tamizi reportedly threatened to commit suicide if he were to be arrested.
He repeated the threat during a Facebook Live video. At one point, he said he was converting to Judaism and asked Israel to help him leave Bangladesh.
While staying in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, he often came on Facebook Live and criticised the government, a state Minister and some politicians of Gazipur for the alleged encroachment of one of his factories in that area.
He also slandered the Prime Minister and burnt his Bangladeshi passport in a Facebook Live. Adam Tamizi Haque was quizzed for hours at immigration when he arrived in Bangladesh on 13 November.